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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. Name six sources of grains






2. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






3. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






4. Sources of fats






5. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






6. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






7. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






8. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






9. What is normal albumin levels?






10. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






11. What is RDA of protein?






12. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






13. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






14. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






15. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






16. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






17. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






18. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






19. What foods have high quality protein?






20. What is the function of vitamin C?






21. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






22. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






23. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






24. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






25. What does DASH stand for?






26. The higher the BMR a client has --






27. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






28. When does BMR decrease?






29. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






30. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






31. Where can you get more vitamin D?






32. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






33. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






34. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






35. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






36. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






37. What is normal BMI?






38. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






39. How many calories/gram is protein?






40. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






41. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






42. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






43. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






44. What is the function of vitamin E?






45. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






46. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






47. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






48. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






49. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






50. How much more calories are needed for lactation?